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M. M.A LAUZON.

GARMENT. APPLICATION FILED 0CT.26. 1916.

Patented July 31, 1917.

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MABEL M. LAUZON, OF HIBBING, MINNESOTA..

GARMENT.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1917.

Application led October 26, 1916. Serial No. 127,769.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MABEL M. LAUZON, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Hibbing, in the county of Saint Louis and State ofMinnesota, have invented a new and Improved Garment, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to womens wearing apparel and its object is toprovide a new and improved garment, more especially designed to take theplace of the kimono, and arranged to properly and neatly fit the wearer,andto allow of quick and convenient opening and closing of thek garmentwithout the use of buttons, hooks and eyes, or similar fasteningdevices.

In order to accomplish the desired result, use is made of integral upperand lower body portions, the upper body portion having a neck openingand sleeves, and the said upper and lower body portions being open alongthe front median line from the neck opening downward to a short distancebelow the waist line, and the open front of the upper body portionhaving tying bands extending from about the waist line and being adaptedto vcross at the front with a view to close the front portions inoverlapping relation7 the tying bands being adapted to pass rearwardlyover the sides above the hips to the back of the garment for tying intoa bow.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the garment in open position Fig. 2 isa similar view of the same in closed position;

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the same;

Fig. 4f is an enlarged sectional plan view of one of the closing flapson the line 4 4 of Fig. l; and

Fig. 5 is a similar view of the other closing flap on the line 5--5 ofFig. 1.

The body of the garment consists essentially of an upper body portion 10and a lower body portion 11 integrally connected with each other, andthe upper body portion 10 is provided with a neck opening 12 and sleeves13, and the neck opening is preferably adorned with a collar 14, asindicated in the drawings. The upper and lower body portions 10 and 1lare open along the front median line from the neck opening 12 down to apoint 15 located a short distance below the waist line of the garment,as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 2. By thisarrangement the garment when in open position can be readily slipped onor removed by the user.

One side of the open front is divided horizontally to form an upper lap16 and a lower flap 17, and from the lower edge of the flap 16 extends atying band 18. The lower flap 17 is adapted to be overlapped by thelower portionmot the other closing flap 19 of the open front, and fromthe upper portion 20 of the overlapping flap 19 extends a tying band 21,both tying bands 18 and 21 extending from about the waist line andcrossed in front and then passed rearwardly to be tied at the back intoa knot or bow 22, as plainly indicated in Fig. 3.

The closing flap 19 is gathered by a double fold at 23 at thebeginningof the tying band 21, and the gathered portion is reinforced bya reinforcing strip 24 sewed to the flap at the inner face thereof andthrough the double fold, as plainly shown in Figs. 1 and 4. By thisarrangement the material of the upper body portion 10 is not liable tobe torn when the garment is used. The other liap 16 for the same reasonis similarly gathered by a double fold at the beginning of the tyingband 18, as indicated at 25 in Figs. 1 and 5.

It will be noticed that by the arrangement described the front openportions of the garment can be readily closed in overlying relation witheach other and held in closed position by passing the bands to the backand tying the same in a bow or a knot.

It will further be noticed that by the arrangement described the tyingbands 18 and 21 enhance the appearance of the garment both at the frontand at the back, and the body of the garment is drawn in properly at thewaist line thus giving a neat appearance to the garment when worn.

the neck opening downward to e short distance below the Waist andforming overlapping aps, each of said overlappingeps being gathered bya, cloublefold and reinforced at' such cloublefoldecl potion, and tyingbands attached to said leps at the cloublefol'clecl' reinfoieedfportion.

MRS. MABEL M. LAUZON.

Having thus desoiibed my invention, l claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Pateiit:V Y

A garment comprising integral upper enel 5 lower body portions, theupper body portion lim/ing a neck opening and sleeves, and the saidupper and lower boclypertioiis being open along the from; media-n linevfrom Copies of this patent may be obained or ve cenzseaah; by addressingthe Commissioner of Eatenis,

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